Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods chooses FiberTite® for complex roofing needs.

Project Details:

Installation Dates: 1993-2015
Total Square Feet: 2,000,000 square feet
Product: 60-mil XT fully adhered FiberTite Fleece Back Hybrid™
Owner: Tyson Foods
Specifier: Tyson Foods’ Corporate Engineers

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The Challenge

A multinational corporation, based in Springdale, Arkansas, Tyson Foods is the world’s largest protein producer. Tyson Foods employs more than 115,000 people worldwide and has approximately 90 facilities throughout the U.S., concentrated predominately in the Midwest. Through working with FiberTite, approximately 2 million square feet of roofing have been replaced on Tyson Foods facilities.

Food processing facilities like Tyson Foods are some of the most complex and abusive environments roof specialists encounter. With heavy equipment placed on the roof rather than on the ground, these busy roofs, or pipe farm roofs, require some additional work around to ensure that they can withstand multiple penetrations.

Food processors know that their roofs can potentially be some of the most contaminated
environments because of venting, condensing fluids, grease, animal fat, and cleaning
agents. Due to the contamination risk and the strict regulations in our food industry, food
processors do not have a choice when it comes to properly functioning roofs. The
potential for a roof failure is not an option.

The Solution

When Tyson Foods requires an effective solution to their complex roofing problem, it
chooses FiberTite Roofing Systems by Seaman Corporation. Because FiberTite offers
totally integrated product lines, our team has the ability to match the requirements of
Tyson Foods’ needs through semi-customizations, offering the best solution for the
long-term.

When it comes time for Tyson to put a new roof on one of their plants, they already know
that FiberTite Roofing Systems will be the most cost-effective, long-lasting option
available. They know this because they have already installed almost 2 million square
feet of FiberTite roofing membrane on other Tyson rooftops.

The 60-mil XT, top-of-the-line, fleece back Hybrid™ system fuses conventional built up
roofing or modified bitumen roofing with a cap of 60-mil XT fleece back. The product is
then applied in either hot asphalt or cold process.

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Only FiberTite Roofing Systems by Seaman Corporation are engineered using Dow
Dacron® polyester fibers and Dow ELVALOY™ Ketone Ethylene Ester coating. It is these integrated properties that keep FiberTite roofing membranes flexible and durable enough to withstand even the most complicated situations. This formula, combined with Seaman’s
50-year history of engineered fabric and coating technology, makes FiberTite the best
roofing membranes on the market.

After more than 30 years on rooftops, FiberTite can point to a history of superior
achievement that no other roofing product can. FiberTite has the history of cost-effective,
long-lasting proof on even the most complex roofs. Tyson Foods knows this.
Let us prove it to you.

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